It’s going wild for Donald Trump
Cryptocurrency investor Jesse Powell said that he donated $1 million to President Donald Trump, mostly in ether, during his Bitcoin 2024 speech at the BTC Media conference. Powell said that Trump said “they look like male models…with a big, beautiful brain” during his speech. Nearly two million came from Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, twin founders of cryptocurrency trading platform Gemini.
A school in the Gaza Strip was bombed, killing at least 30 people
A rocket hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Saturday, killing 11 children and injuring 30 others. The rocket launched from southern Lebanon killed 11 children with around 30 injured, several of them very seriously. This comes a day after an Israeli air strike on a school in the Gaza Strip killed at least 30 people.
After Israel struck a school in Gaza, a rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
A rocket hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in Israel’s control of Golan Heights region on the same day as an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens of people. It caused multiple civilian casualties, including children, the Israeli military said. “The Hezbollah terrorist organisation is behind the rocket launch at a soccer field,” it added.
Canadian soccer teams have been using drones for years
The head of the Canadian Olympic Committee David Shoemaker has said that they continue to be “shocked and disappointed” with the spying scandal that led to the suspension of Canada women’s national soccer team coach. The scandal came to light after reports claimed that the Canadian team spied on its Japanese counterpart during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Canadian soccer teams have been using drones for a long time
A New Zealandrugby team trainer has been arrested in Canada for flying a drone during training sessions in violation of the Canadian Olympic team’s uniform code of conduct. COC said that it was Lombardi who flew the drone in New Zealand. On two separate occasions, he ” effectively filmed the closed-door training of the New Zealand women’s team, with the help of a drone,” COC added.
The U.S. women’s soccer team is ready for Paris according to their coach
The US men’s football team has qualified for the Rio Olympics for the first time since 1996. “It’s the best transition counterattacking soccer in the world,” US football head coach Emma Hayes said. Notably, the US last won a medal in men’s soccer at the Games in 1904. The US women’s team has won four Olympic gold medals in last four years.
SearchGulp is Openai’s direct assault on the internet
OpenAI has announced that it is working on an AI-based search engine, SearchGPT, that it says will help users connect with publishers by prominently citing and linking to them in searches. It added that the platform will be available for download in the next few weeks. Notably, Microsoft had released a generative AI-powered version of Bing in 2023.
The US men’s soccer team suffered a tough loss against France at the Paris Olympics
The US men’s soccer team lost to France 0-1 in their first match at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. France scored in the 59th minute and held on to win the match. The US women’s football team entered the Olympics with a new coach and is looking to reset after its earliest ever exit at a Women’s World Cup last year.
Harris has a stance on Israel
US Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running against Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential elections, said on Friday that she would not send US troops to Gaza. “I will not send American troops to Gaza, and I will not send American troops to the Middle East,” she added.
Harris could depend on newly undecided voters
US Vice President Kamala Harris has said her experience as a prosecutor would come in handy for her against President Donald Trump. She added that this experience would come in handy against Trump as he has “attacked law and order” in the country. Harris’ statement came during her first major speech on Tuesday as she launched her 2020 presidential campaign.